ANST - keltoi trivia ....

[j'lynn yeates]

scanning a new read while doing laundry today and came upon a couple of 
interesting points ..

"... central european celtic wagons were superior to any other vehicles of 
their period.  they were built on a tecnilogical level that was not surpassed 
until medieval times ... celtic wheelwrights invented bearings that reduced 
friction, so that less energy was needed to move chariots and wagons.  the 
ultimate vehicles had rollar bearings, that later went out of use in roman 
times, and were not used again until the industrial revolution"

.... that definitly interests me and would like to find out more about this 
construction

and while way post-period ...

... speaking on contributions made by celtic peoples ..." ... the first 
successful two-stroke internal combustion engine was made by the Scotsman Sir 
Dugald Clerk (1854-1832) in 1878, from which came the first motorcycles."

the book is:

_The Sacred World of the Celts_
Nigel Pennick
ISBN: 0-89281-701-1 (available in paper and cloth)

the work is a bit "light" and general in nature, but with some nice pictures 
... not one i would buy for self, though was a welcome gift.  dosn't delve in 
depth on theh matters it covers, but does give some decent overviews. 

'wolf



... When we hunt, we all function with one mind
... - Boingo, Pedestrian Wolves
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